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Programs in 2017
At the Avatar Meher Baba Center of So. California
M e h e r a b o d e
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1214 South Van Ness Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90019
telephone: (323) 731-3737
All Programs open to the Public
All Programs free of charge
(unless otherwise noted)
THIS WEEK
Sunday,
Dec. 17:
"Baba's Beloved Mehera: Celebrating the Purest Soul in the Universe"
NEXT WEEK
Sunday,
Dec. 24:
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AT MEHERABODE
(Los Angeles)
Tuesday, Dec. 12:
Young Adults' Discourses Group
Sunday, Dec. 17:
"Baba's Beloved Mehera: Celebrating
the Purest Soul in the Universe"
Sunday, Dec. 17:
Young Adults' Discourses Group (after
regular program) 3pm-5pm
Sunday, Dec. 24: Closed
Sunday, Dec. 31:
"New Years Eve Daytime Celebration"
(with special musical guest Bob Een)
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11:00 am - 11:30 am: Coffee / Tea / Fellowship
11:30 am - 1:00 pm:
"Baba's Beloved Mehera: Celebrating
the Purest Soul in the Universe"
This coming Sunday Lois Jones will host a program honoring dearest Mehera and her immeasurable love for Baba. We hope you will come join us at the table as we share tea and tell stories, much like Beloved Baba's Mehera did with so many at His Meherazad dining table.
For those unfamiliar with Mehera's life story we provide a little background: On 7 January, 1907*, Mehera Jehangir Irani was born to middle-class Zoroastrian parents (Jehangir and Daulat Irani) in the north Indian town of Sukkur. Little did her parents know, but they had just brought a very special soul into the world who would one day take her place as the Sita, the Radha, or the Mary of her Age.
Meher Baba called Mehera His Beloved, and had referred to her as His "very breath without which I cannot live."
In the foreward to the 1989 biography bearing her name, Baba's sister Mani writes of Mehera's unique spiritual status:
"This role, of being the chosen counterpart to the
God-Man, amounts to the highest, purest, most
spiritual relationship, consisting of a divine love
which the world cannot imagine."
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Mehera, p. VII, from the foreward by Mani Irani)
Mehera's early life was marked by the relative material comforts that her father's government post afforded her family.
On the subject of youthful spirituality Mehera told her biographer David Fenster that "As a child, before meeting Baba, I don't remember thinking of God."
She added that "I was playful and liked climbing trees and running with my dog, Peter...going to the riverside. I loved nature and much preferred the outdoors."
Though being drawn to these natural joys of childhood Mehera's destiny would be foreshawdowed in January of 1922, when at the age of 15 she would catch her first glimpse of "Meherwanji." Mehera recounted that while visiting Upasni Maharaj's ashram :
"... I saw Baba for the first time quickly from the
side, as he strode quickly past us. He was fair, but I
didn't see his eyes or their expression, as he
was looking straight ahead. His face and body were
very thin, because he had been fasting."
Mehera would later tell David Fenster that she did not look into Baba's eyes during that first encounter as she was "very shy." She explained that she loved Baba in the way one loves a Perfect Master. Only much later after having gone to live in Meherabad would Mehera's love flower into the all encompassing self-sacrificing love that we would come to know of.
And it would be much later, after having lived most of her adult life under the close supervision and loving protection of Meher Baba, and having been totally dedicated to him in every thought and deed that Mehera would later serve as the surviving link to the Avatar. In the years after Meher Baba dropped His physical form, pilgrims from all over the world would flock to India.
And so Mehera would go from having lived a life of the most strict seclusion and isolation to one of very intense social activity and interaction. It was during this later period that most American Baba Lovers who were fortunate enough to meet Mehera would get to hear her stories and experience her unique love first hand.
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"The absolutely clear mirror of Mehera's immaculate heart, which Baba took great pains to keep unclouded by the dust of the world, reflects Baba's image, the image of the Divine Beloved, as none other can."
(Mehera, p. VIII, foreward by Mani Irani)
Jai Baba!
* Mehera's birthday was listed on her passport as being 1/1/07, and on her school certificate as 1/4/07, but it says January 7th on her tomb.
References
Mehera. (1989) [compiled and edited by Janet Judson]. Beloved Books.
Mehera-Meher. Fenster, D. (2003). Meher Nazar Publications.
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Also Happening at Meherabode
Tuesday, December 12
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YOUNG ADULTS' DISCOURSES
Tuesday Nights
The Young Adults' Discourses Group continues its weekly meetings, which are open to younger-generation Baba-lovers & Seekers.
They will meet this Tuesday, however, there are some changes coming. The following meeting will take place on
Sunday, Dec. 17th
after the regularly scheduled program. It will be from
3:00pm-5:00pm.
There will then be a hiatus of approximately three weeks, with the first meeting of the New Year to be held on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10th.
More to come on the new time in upcoming announcements!
7:00 - 7:30 pm
Fellowship & tea
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Reading & Discussion
The subject of study and discussion is Meher Baba's
Discourses, which are available in print (e.g. at
Meher Baba Books). The
Discourses are also accessible online here:
Each week we chronologically read a Discourse and discuss how it relates to our daily lives. Come join us and delve into Meher Baba's amazing
Discourses like never before!
Here's our Facebook page:
If you have any questions please contact Aaron Hemeon:
Jai Baba!
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The NEW 2018 Meher Baba Calendar has arrived!
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Available now in our bookstore or to order online!
Makes a Great Christmas Gift!!!
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MEHER BABA BOOKS has a New Look in 2018!
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Come Visit Our Newly Redesigned and Redecorated Bookstore!
(talk to Behnaz about any special requests or suggestions)
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Meher Baba Books exists both in the brick & mortar real world and also online as a purveyor of books, CDs, DVDs, and specialty items relating to Avatar Meher Baba -- including Baba's major published works, biographies chronicling his life and work, and diverse offerings. The bookstore is a successor to a sequence of Meher Baba Bookstores that have been a feature of Southern California since the late 1960s onward.
This bookstore is a public-service activity of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California (AMBCSC). The most essential aim of Meher Baba Books, consistent with AMBCSC's Mission Statement, involves the spread of Meher Baba's message of Love and Truth.
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www.meherbababooks.com
Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
1214 S. Van Ness Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90019
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| More Southern California Meetings |
Mondays at 7 PM in South Bay (San Pedro)
Call Glenn and Payam Russ: (310) 519-7776
Santa Barbara: Monthly Meetings
Call Donnalyn Karpeles: (805) 682-1877
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MEHERABODE WEBSITE
DONATION OPPORTUNITY
The Avatar Meher Baba Center gratefully appreciates
donations, large or small, that help sustain our Center and all its activities.
The Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California is a nonprofit tax exempt
organization as defined in section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
All donations are acknowledged.
Thank you!
[PayPal / charge card donation interface is
found on Meherabode website home page]
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